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Eating a cursed sprig of wolfsbane might interrupt your meal, so that half of the sprig remains uneaten. If you finish the meal it will nevertheless grant you relief from lycanthropy. | Eating a cursed sprig of wolfsbane might interrupt your meal, so that half of the sprig remains uneaten. If you finish the meal it will nevertheless grant you relief from lycanthropy. | ||
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| + | == Origin == | ||
This is in fact a major case of [[NetHack is not real life]], because wolfsbane in real life is very poisonous (so '''don't eat it in real life'''), and the name comes from the fact that it was used to poison wolves. Wolves were often killed by Christians for two reasons: first, wolves sometimes prey on livestock and were considered a pest; second, wolves were considered sacred by Germanics (for example Wotan is accompanied by the wolves Geri and Freki), and the monotheist Christians desecrated their values by killing them (or chopping down old oaks which were used to worship Tyr). | This is in fact a major case of [[NetHack is not real life]], because wolfsbane in real life is very poisonous (so '''don't eat it in real life'''), and the name comes from the fact that it was used to poison wolves. Wolves were often killed by Christians for two reasons: first, wolves sometimes prey on livestock and were considered a pest; second, wolves were considered sacred by Germanics (for example Wotan is accompanied by the wolves Geri and Freki), and the monotheist Christians desecrated their values by killing them (or chopping down old oaks which were used to worship Tyr). | ||
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| + | ==Encyclopedia entry== | ||
| + | {{encyclopedia| | ||
| + | 1. Any of various, usually poisonous perennial herbs of the | ||
| + | genus Aconitum, having tuberous roots, palmately lobed leaves, | ||
| + | blue or white flowers with large hoodlike upper sepals, and an | ||
| + | aggregate of follicles. 2. The dried leaves and roots of | ||
| + | some of these plants, which yield a poisonous alkaloid that | ||
| + | was formerly used medicinally. In both senses also called | ||
| + | monkshood. | ||
| + | |[ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. ] | ||
| + | }} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 11 December 2019
Eating a sprig of wolfsbane will cure lycanthropy.[1]
Wolfsbane is a vegan food, and is also suitable food for herbivorous pets.
Priests begin the game with 1 or 2 sprigs of wolfsbane.
Wielding wolfsbane has no effect on lycanthropes or wolves (as opposed to garlic or other banes). You can't use wolfsbane to poison weapons, and it will not poison you if you eat it.
Eating a cursed sprig of wolfsbane might interrupt your meal, so that half of the sprig remains uneaten. If you finish the meal it will nevertheless grant you relief from lycanthropy.
Origin
This is in fact a major case of NetHack is not real life, because wolfsbane in real life is very poisonous (so don't eat it in real life), and the name comes from the fact that it was used to poison wolves. Wolves were often killed by Christians for two reasons: first, wolves sometimes prey on livestock and were considered a pest; second, wolves were considered sacred by Germanics (for example Wotan is accompanied by the wolves Geri and Freki), and the monotheist Christians desecrated their values by killing them (or chopping down old oaks which were used to worship Tyr).
Encyclopedia entry
1. Any of various, usually poisonous perennial herbs of the
genus Aconitum, having tuberous roots, palmately lobed leaves,
blue or white flowers with large hoodlike upper sepals, and an
aggregate of follicles. 2. The dried leaves and roots of
some of these plants, which yield a poisonous alkaloid that
was formerly used medicinally. In both senses also called
monkshood.
References
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